Making a PDF Form secure for emailing

I have created an enrollment form with LiveCyle. The employer will send the application to a new employee for them to fill out and they would like it emailed back to them. I tried the submit button but that doesn't work because while the information they input is received in a .xml file the electronic signature does not transfer which is required. Can I set it up encrypted so that only the information that is input is encrypted? I am VERY new to creating forms and using LiveCycle. Thank you!

The way I think you are trying it in Reader won't give you want you need. If you want to hide the data in the XML email submission (from email submit button), you need the newer capabilities in Designer 10.x to encrypt the submission. The XML contents will look like this after it is encrypted:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xfa:data xmlns:xfa="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/"
><EncryptedData xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" Id="encrypteddata_2" Type="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#Element"
><EncryptionMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#aes256-cbc"
/><KeyInfo xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
><EncryptedKey xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#"
><EncryptionMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#rsa-1_5"
/><KeyInfo xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
><X509Data
><X509Certificate
>MIICRTCCAa6gAwIBAgIKNvzDsAiaeyPYFDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBTMREwDwYDVQQDEwhKb2hu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</X509Certificate
></X509Data
></KeyInfo
><CipherData
><CipherValue
>ADk2Kxut+M84Pi4B1ZC9znKFCz2rAfHYZNZ76fWK/eRE5QMC0NhCnQ5gFfrOLU9Wl/5FOTZMwQab
F1PjdKaVys0TjOR51HH1A6D/ZUf7baBQ1XnKRW5kQR8xePwwDaRoyBopF8+XeWA6d8yRXvyZdLJa
Hju2/gUR/M2HArKCtso=</CipherValue
></CipherData
></EncryptedKey
></KeyInfo
><CipherData
><CipherValue
>uiKSewcq2Of8cIk7hRnjFmOpTo+XxN6AZM5PyT+k2d1mUuBlbJWxCk37EFiwVHRH5n4oOQkuFFhv
+jopOPQLbthkdhiDzWHmAJhstaPcbvA=</CipherValue
></CipherData
><EncryptionProperties
><EncryptionProperty xfa:processingRule="replacementContent"
><form1
/></EncryptionProperty
></EncryptionProperties
></EncryptedData
><signatures
><Signature xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Id="datasignature_2"
><SignedInfo
><CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#WithComments"
/><SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1"
/><Reference URI="#idbfea09cc-7f34-11e1-9c29-002710682eb5" Type="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#SignatureProperties"
><Transforms
><Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#WithComments"
/></Transforms
><DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"
/><DigestValue
>O9E5XR6E+tkicSPa6HTZgkE9qhE=</DigestValue
></Reference
><Reference URI=""
><Transforms
><Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xmldsig-filter2"
><XPath xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xmldsig-filter2" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Filter="intersect"
>here()/ancestor::dsig:Signature[1]/../..//. |
here()/ancestor::dsig:Signature[1]/../..//@* |
here()/ancestor::dsig:Signature[1]/../..//namespace::*</XPath
></Transform
><Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"
/><Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#WithComments"
/></Transforms
><DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"
/><DigestValue
>v9suUKmCN2M3JeTTr2y5/L6ZY64=</DigestValue
></Reference
></SignedInfo
><SignatureValue
>DYCW4mlxVOr+EmleCo56aohSGw93gtk2Wc5Rb7zlB8ukTSC9lozQM1rGLv4GykpQ+Ln+XhKCzVqv
Z7jcISv2l+1rWWpBSyhve+szoWSoY90SEtPUwnJMwxeOy6fOyGx5MWCqVj6D308Pcu2dw7r3UMqc
i6rSWUezvsPjfCBrcW8=</SignatureValue
><KeyInfo
><X509Data
><X509Certificate
>MIICRTCCAa6gAwIBAgIKNvzDsAiaeyPYFDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBTMREwDwYDVQQDEwhKb2hu
IERvZTEJMAcGA1UEChMAMQkwBwYDVQQLEwAxGzAZBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWDGpkb2VAYWJjLmNvbTEL
MAkGA1UEBhMCVVMwHhcNMTExMTAzMjA1MjAwWhcNMTYxMTAzMjA1MjAwWjBTMREwDwYDVQQDEwhK
b2huIERvZTEJMAcGA1UEChMAMQkwBwYDVQQLEwAxGzAZBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWDGpkb2VAYWJjLmNv
bTELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMwgZ8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADgY0AMIGJAoGBAL12YAntp+1ZzsNpew5H
+s5fwLjK3TdiFfMrJuV1jEG2xlvJPOvKujSeR+4iHlBTQbYxkZ5nvhkwQi9KDgeriuMjg/TclkJP
CD0h//4fnP4tQqTUAZ92r6nMRqFxviEhysETMQl01SGDUlmSjhvWJctPU+krq+wwuwVbPJgU8Iu5
AgMBAAGjIDAeMA8GCSqGSIb3LwEBCgQCBQAwCwYDVR0PBAQDAgSQMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAA4GB
AK+TIhyZZtYtxrVz5lq/zl8mczRnUCsJcapXJhY/oJnN2izALPAYnA4eBr7LBbl1Hf12op+LJuoU
j5FHhB+eQzKlhqkC/alFwmGdxCBYUfpZKWGBUuuW+00mTCStsmTIaSi/XS6K+Y5+0fqAJ48y56lb
o/kjbxSjzHWszfeOzafF</X509Certificate
></X509Data
></KeyInfo
><Object
><SignatureProperties Id="idbfea09cc-7f34-11e1-9c29-002710682eb5"
><SignatureProperty Target="datasignature_2"
><PROP_Sig xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/2006" type="cabinet"
><M type="text"
>D:20120405113353-04'00'</M
><Name type="text"
>John</Name
></PROP_Sig
></SignatureProperty
></SignatureProperties
></Object
></Signature
></signatures
></xfa:data
>
In the Designer version you have (8.2), you only have the capability to sign the data or the entire form, which will not hide its values in the XML file that gets sent.

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